This otherwise ordinary close on the Royal Mile constituted the end of the world for Edinburgh’s poorest residents.

A statue in the heart of Edinburgh honors a bear that served in the Polish military during World War II.

The heads of two giant mythological water horses honor Scotland's horselord past.

The taxidermy remains of the first mammal ever cloned from an adult cell are on display in Edinburgh.

The highest peak in the United Kingdom has a history of physics, specters, and a pilgrimage of strange objects.

A book bound in the skin of an infamous criminal, along with countless other specimens.

Northern Ireland's Brobdingnagian stepping stones.

A 18th century graveyard and its astonishing cortege of macabre iconography.

Now famous as the "Harry Potter bridge," this impressive concrete viaduct has long been an icon in its own right.

Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world

This 17th-century street hidden beneath Edinburgh was once a breeding ground for the black death.

This Roman amphitheater is said to be King Arthur's legendary Round Table.

The mysterious, fantastical woodland inspiration for "The Lord of the Rings."

On this wooded path, a stained-glass window creates a spellbinding forest cathedral.

Colin Stokes "got a bit carried away" and built a castle that looks like something out of Tolkien.

A well-studied colony of endangered bats roosts in this abandoned Victorian Gothic mansion.

A plaque claims this artwork outside a children's hospital was used in the 1998 Quidditch World Cup.

After protestors toppled a statue of a 17th-century slave trader, the pedestal where it once stood remains unoccupied.

Banksy's image of a naked man dangling from the window of a sex health clinic.

This pedestrian footbridge honors Pero Jones, an enslaved African who lived in Bristol.

One of the largest megalithic complexes in England, which local legend holds is a wedding party turned to stone by the Devil.

This historic factory peddles classic toys from the picturesque English county of Devon.

Flaming barrels of tar race through these village streets on Bonfire Night, a tradition that dates back centuries.

This hill and tower are steeped in legend, from King Arthur to the Holy Grail.